Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:14:36 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BASH programming question Message-ID: <20020220231436.GA658@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020221000224.A32489@nigsch.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020220160637.02763050@pop.earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20020220160637.02763050@pop.earthlink.net> <20020220224520.A31541@nigsch.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020220165911.01e189a0@pop.earthlink.net> <20020221000224.A32489@nigsch.com>
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 12:02:24AM +0100, Florian Nigsch wrote: > hi! > > you should use $(command) - it's the same as the backquotes `` which > are only provided in bash 2* for backwards compatibility to bash 1* > Mmm..also for backwards compatibility with old-foggies like me..who still use back-ticks.. no *should* about it... Although since one of the biggest pains in the bum in shell programming is hunting down missing quotes of any kind in large shell scripts, your advice is probably sound.. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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